STAMP - The SWOE Thermal Analysis and Measurement Program: Summary of the 1990 Field Tests

Abstract

The Balanced Technology Initiative on Smart Weapons Operability (BTI/SWOE) has a goal to develop a computer simulation capability of the radiant field from the natural environment. This simulation capability would then be used by designers and testers of smart weapons electro-optic sensor systems to study the performance of the systems under anticipated environmental conditions. Vegetation offers a particular challenge to the BTI/SWOE modeling community due to the wide variety in types, shapes, sizes, and distributions of vegetation. To aid in the development of energy budget models of surfaces containing vegetation, a measurement program was designed and conducted near Howland, Maine. The SWOE Thermal Analysis and Measurement Program (STAMP) was designed with the goal of providing data support models for a 3-D thermal model of an individual tree and an interim model of the thermal response at a forest edge.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 30, 1991
Accession Number
ADA249943

Entities

People

  • D. R. Longtin
  • J. R. Hummel
  • J. R. Jones
  • N. L. Paul

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Detectors
  • Field Tests
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Meteorological Instruments
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Radiation
  • Recording Systems
  • Simulations
  • Solar Radiation
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.